Posted on 06/05/2020 4:45:09 PM PDT by marshmallow
DOVER, Delaware - Democratic Gov. John Carney of Delaware is backing off restrictions he imposed on church worship to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the face of a federal lawsuit challenging those restrictions as unconstitutional.
State attorneys told a federal judge in a letter Wednesday that the “guidance” Carney had issued for worship services has been “expressly revoked” by new guidance issued Tuesday by public health officials.
Attorneys for Carney added that nothing in the new guidance for houses of worship, or “HWs,” creates or imposes any mandatory restrictions or obligations on them beyond those that are generally applicable to other secular entities, and that the new guidance is meant to serve only as “a helpful aid” for churches and other houses of worship.
“As just one example, while houses of worship are currently discouraged from conducting activities in which an officiant physically holds a congregant, as in some baptisms, under the new HW guidance there is no prohibition,” they wrote.
State attorneys also noted that under the second phase of Carney’s plan to reopen Delaware’s economy, attendance of up to 60 percent of stated fire occupancy will be allowed at worship services.
Nevertheless, state officials continue to discourage in-person activity at houses of worship and say they should strongly consider discontinuing singing and baptisms and discourage congregants from shaking hands or hugging one another.
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backing off in the face of a federal lawsuit challenging those restrictions as unconstitutional.’
He had nothing to fear. Roberts and the girls already ruled CA could suspend the 1st indefinitely.
THey have no choice at this point.
So what if I decided to convert to Christianity and needed some baptism? When is that going to be allowed?
**attendance of up to 60 percent of stated fire occupancy will be allowed at worship services. **
Tell that to the governor of Oregon, Kate Brown.
And how about the fact that hundreds of thousands of protestors are allowed to congregate day-after-day in the streets with nary a word about "social distancing?"
F*** them! Every single church and business should fully open immediately!
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